The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-11-03
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6dats and his remarks.
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Gentlemen, ssriculturists and brothers:
] am proud TO speak TO you to-day. proud 10
have the opportunity Of addressing the men
who feed u all-the farmers; proud TO have
The ears Of the horny y-handed sons Of toll.
i love to mest you in your own oren-faced
country, whore the tall potato vine raises it,
dlken crowned tassel, and where the cucum-
bef tree DROPS IT. puneent pickle upon the
mellow ground.
When in the city, cooped up in walls Of
bricks and mortar, my thoughts oft wander
% the Meadow and woodlands, where the
0esp rcd blossoms Of the succulent buck
wheat are announcing prospective yield Of
tsn tons Of cakes 10 the acre. and the butter
nut tree is yielding Ito stores Of thick cream.
Gentlemen, say that whom think Of the
strawberry bush putting forth ii tender
leaves and vying with the clover tree in its
sdorts to beautify the landscape, want to
leavsthe moil and toll and carking care ofcity
hfs behind me, HE TO the green fields and
pleasant woods, and in indolent ease lie on
spring bed Of maple sugar and gaze through
the overarching branches Of the lettuce tree
70 the blue vault above.
The charms Of country life ever had for
me an irresistible fascination. Born over
yonder in East Sandy township, for several
long, happy yeas it was my lot to prune the
tomatoes, graf the radishes, rake the cab.
bages, NOW the celery, shake up the aspara-
gus beds, and do such similar chores - boy
Of my size could:
In addition TO these duties have often
ridden the geese to water, milked the sorrel
steer and gathered the teeming fruits Of the
turnip tree. II was there learned the proper
time TO shear the geese was when the moon
was full. and that the burrs in chestnut
horses tail could only be successfully sradi-
Gated when the moon was new.
There, too, learned that the subsoil plow
should only be used in narrowing whits
clover, and that young bulls should never bs
harnessed to the fail until they have been
broken to the threshlng machines.
Often have sat on the cow-catcher Of the
reaper and assisted in harvesting the boun.
teous crop Of corn. Many are the evenings
I have passed full merrily in pleasant com.
pany, when all the boys and girls of the
ndghborhood would meet and hold grand
potato shucking or corn. winnowinR. when
apples and innocuous hard cider formed the
exhilarating beverage.
I will say no more. I have told you
enough. gentlemen, to convince you that
your aspirations are my aspirations, your
hopes my hopes, and that your education
has been my education, and that II I am
elected by your valuable suffrages to the
of1ce for which my friends have insisted
shall run, shall ever remember that If the
farmers interests are paramount in this
country they are undoubtedly the most i'm.
portant. WV. H. SIvrr1R.